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East High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 04 10 1929
Description: East High School reading contest, with six girl winners standing on a stage.
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Central High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Central High School reading contest winners.
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West High School Basketball Team

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: West High School basketball team reserve players sitting on the team bench during a game at the annual state basketball tournament. Left to right are: Har...
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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...
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Spelling Bee Champion Heading to National Finals

Date: 05 17 1952
Description: Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 spelling champion, Beth Knope, boards a train to attend the national finals. Saying goodbye are her parents Sidney an...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: The four finalists, one of whom will represent Madison in the district division of the Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest sponsored by the Wisconsin Federa...
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Walworth County Girl Wins State Spelling Bee

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Carol Fellows, a 14-year-old girl from Genoa City, is shown at the moment she was declared Badger State Spelling Bee champion. She outspelled 62 other city...
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Eight Top Spellers in the State

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Group portrait of the eight finalists in the 1958 Badger State Spelling Bee. All of them received prizes. Shown, left to right, are: Eddie Thompson, Elroy,...
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Pat Loughlin Wins 440 Yard Dash at Madison City Track Meet

Date: 04 29 1960
Description: Pat Loughlin crosses the finish line to win the 440 yard dash. This victory helped Madison East High School win the city's high school track meet.
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West High School Spelling Bee

Date: 03 16 1961
Description: Four seventh and eighth graders wait their turn at the annual spelling bee at Madison West High School. Left to right are Kathy Freney, Pamela Crane, Dick ...
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Teen-age Baking Contest

Date: 11 18 1964
Description: Richard Krejcarek, age eighteen from Manitowoc and first-year student at the Madison Vocational, Technical, and Adult school, is the winner of the teen-age...
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Scholarship Winners

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting are six young women who won scholarships presented by the Woman's Club of Madison. Left to right are: Sandra Jean Breitzke, Judith Davies, Lorraine...

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